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25,072 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to protests in Cairo (Egypt), helicopter crash in Nepal and people killed in South Korea. Egypt's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were harsher than usual.

Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostBermuda 88 in 100 of its 157 stories, usually 32
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 57 in 100 of its stories, usually 41
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Egypt

442 of its 592 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Cairo accounted for 379 of Egypt's 442 stories about harm, carried by 372 outlets. 356 of Cairo's 379 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (279 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Egypt over 30 days → its stories → Cairo stories →
Disasters & accidents

Nepal

213 of its 372 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Kathmandu accounted for 143 of Nepal's 213 stories about harm, carried by 149 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (78 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 48 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Nepal over 30 days → its stories → Kathmandu stories →
Conflict & violence

South Korea

150 of its 341 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (133 stories). Respiratory illness was named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

South Korea over 30 days → its stories →
Displacement

Netherlands

178 of its 312 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Amsterdam accounted for 160 of the Netherlands' 178 stories about harm, carried by 180 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (138 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Netherlands over 30 days → its stories → Amsterdam stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Iraq

465 of its 666 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Baghdad accounted for 280 of Iraq's 465 stories about harm, carried by 307 outlets. 231 of Baghdad's 280 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 7 times the usual rate (69 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Israel

687 of its 1,255 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. 224 of Jerusalem's 262 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (198 stories). Landslides were named in 19 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Iran

558 of its 888 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 142 of Tehran's 280 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (335 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Syria

973 of its 1,181 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 72%. Idlib accounted for 865 of Syria's 973 stories about harm, carried by 748 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (622 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Colombia

70 of its 114 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (33 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

202 of its 298 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: hunger in North Korea (73 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); typhoon in Guam (19 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); accidents in Japan (95 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); flu in Finland (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); cholera in Zimbabwe (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 8 Sep. The big dot is this day; the shaded band is a normal day (the 30 days before it). Click a day to open it. Based on 25,072 stories about harm among 116,798 counted on 8 Sep.

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On the side of help, reports of peace efforts ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 116,798 stories, as usual. Mentions of the hunger ran about 6 times their usual in North Korea's news. In Egypt, 75% of the news was about people being harmed, where 38% is usual. On 8 September 2017, a year earlier, the share was 26 in every 100, against 21 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Bermuda88 in 100 of its 157 stories · usually 32 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria82 in 100 of its 1,181 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Egypt75 in 100 of its 592 stories · usually 38 · mostly rights & justice Bahrain71 in 100 of its 147 stories · usually 21 · mostly rights & justice Yemen71 in 100 of its 433 stories · usually 81 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Cairo Egypt356 stories about protests or strikes, of its 379 Idlib Syria305 stories about protests or strikes, of its 865 Washington US273 stories about protests or strikes, of its 728 Baghdad Iraq231 stories about protests or strikes, of its 280 Jerusalem Israel224 stories about protests or strikes, of its 262

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or lessZambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessVietnam: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: too little coverage to readPuerto Rico: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited States: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited Arab Emirates: about as warm as its own usual or lessUkraine: too little coverage to readUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri Lanka: too little coverage to readSouth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Africa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomalia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: about as warm as its own usual or lessQatar: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: about as warm as its own usual or lessPoland: about as warm as its own usual or lessPhilippines: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: about as warm as its own usual or lessPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessNigeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiger: about as warm as its own usual or lessNicaragua: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: too little coverage to readMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: too little coverage to readMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: about as warm as its own usual or lessLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: too little coverage to readJapan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: too little coverage to readIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: about as warm as its own usual or lessIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndonesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: about as warm as its own usual or lessHungary: too little coverage to readHonduras: about as warm as its own usual or lessHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: too little coverage to readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFiji: about as warm as its own usual or lessEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: about as warm as its own usual or lessN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readChile: about as warm as its own usual or lessChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral African Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: about as warm as its own usual or lessCambodia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: too little coverage to readBahamas: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustralia: about as warm as its own usual or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJammu & Kashmir: about as warm as its own usual or lessGaza: about as warm as its own usual or lessWest Bank: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSiachen Glacier: about as warm as its own usual or lessCrimea: too little coverage to readEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: too little coverage to readNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: warmth about one and a half times its own usualVenezuela: warmth about its own usualTaiwan: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualRomania: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNetherlands: warmth about twice its own usualNorth Macedonia: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about one and a half times its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about one and a half times its own usualEcuador: warmth about its own usualCzechia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualColombia: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualHong Kong: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualWoods Hole, US -- disasters & accidents: 58 stories, carried by 80 outletsHelsinki, Finland -- health: 13 stories, carried by 20 outletsSellersburg, US -- health: 14 stories, carried by 14 outletsAmsterdam, Netherlands -- displacement: 160 stories, carried by 180 outletsStockholm, Sweden -- rights & justice: 57 stories, carried by 96 outletsGazivode, -- rights & justice: 62 stories, carried by 69 outletsSolvesborg, Sweden -- displacement: 18 stories, carried by 23 outletsRome, Italy -- health: 13 stories, carried by 14 outlets
Warmer than its own usual The warmest eventsAbout as warm or lessToo little news

Each country shaded by the warmth in its news — care, help, gratitude — against its own last 30 days. Stronger colour: further above. Dots: the events whose coverage carried the most warmth, even where the event itself began as harm. Warm words, not good outcomes. Click a country or a dot.

Warmest news

● Netherlands warmth about twice usual ● Yemen warmth about one and a half times usual ● Sweden warmth about one and a half times usual ● Romania warmth about one and a half times usual ● Egypt warmth about one and a half times usual ● Italy warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Woods Hole US about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 58 stories ● Helsinki Finland about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● Sellersburg US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 14 stories ● Amsterdam Netherlands about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · displacement · 160 stories ● Stockholm Sweden about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 57 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 7,243 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents22% 5,388 stories · about as usual Health17% 4,292 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Conflict & violence17% 4,277 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,418 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 842 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 720 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 447 stories · about as usual

Of the stories about people being harmed, what part of life each was about. The mark is usual.

Harm reported 30 days →

Stories reporting people killed7,842 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,997 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,654 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,321 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees584 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions315 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Iraq Stories reporting evacuations290 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Japan Stories reporting people displaced241 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Syria and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill44 at about half the usual rate · most about India and the US

Stories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.

How it felt 30 days →

harshwarm

The words in the day's stories were harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout as usual
● Fearabout as usual

From the words reporters used across the whole day, never one story. Fear is the weakest of the four measures. How?

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